IRISH HUNGER STRIKE 1981

Welcome to our Irish Hungerstrike site dedicated to giving a history of the hunger strike, and the men who sacrificed their lives in
the H-Blocks of Long Kesh in Ireland, rather than allow the British government to class them as
criminals.

Why go to such lengths?

Read on to find out why the Irish Hungerstrikes of 1981 became an epic battle of wills between the Irish Republican prisoners, and the British Government.

"For Greater Love Than This Hath No Man, Than That He Lay Down His Life For
His Friend"

The hunger strike of 1981 was one of, if not the most influential periods in
the IRA's long campaign to remove Britains' role from irish politics. It not only thwarted
Britain's plans to criminalise the IRA prisoners in the H-Blocks,
but concentrated world wide media attention on the war in Ireland, paving
the way for Sinn Fein's entrance into the political arena and the
electoral
successes that followed.